Hi >On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 21:45 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: >> Jonathon, >> >> Do you think there's a chance we'll convince the release team to >> include a few more templates, photos and clipart with OOo? I've been >> arguing about that for ages. There are thousands of public domain >> photos from Open Clip Art and tons of templates we could be shipping >> with OOo. > >>From memory, the main issue with clipart,photos etc were that >Sun could not validate them. So what they wanted was for all >submissions (same with the code) to be licensed as Sun being part >owners. This idea was absurd when it came to public domain images etc >and I believe it was put to the community council to look at >alternatives to the license for special cases such as art, templates >etc.
Hm. We just finished the latest of several discussions on such matters. Far as I recall without looking at the archives, public domain is acceptable. Also acceptable for the site. But, you are right, one does need to ensure it really is public domain. is that what you mean by "validate"? Best Louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
